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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-02-03
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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-02-03
CHICAGO. BURLINGTON Il QUINCY.

UtVVI' N"IIHV NNVHUVs
J. F. COOK, Agent. Rack Island
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1887-09-08

Here is French story with four
distinct morals: Four flies were in
search of a breakfast. One found
some jelly and regaled himself. The
jelly was not genuine and the fly turn.
ed upon his back, The second fly,
seeing the sad fate OF his friend, re-
solved to eat plain bread. But there
was so much alum in the bread that
he, too, turned over and breathed his
last. The third fly attacked glass Of
beer, but the ales laid him out cold.
The fourth fly, seeing that everything
estable was tamped with, resolved to
commit suicide. He found some fly
paper on which was inscribed "Death
to flies" He partook freely, but the
more he ate the the better he felt
He stuck to the fly paper and lived t.
a good old age.
There is no end to the foreign ap
peals for money from this side. Ride
Haggard and other friends of the lat,
Richard JefFeries now desire that i
should be known in America that hi
family are nearly destitute. The.
hope his American admirers may lik
to add something to the fund now col
Ileeting there,
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1887-09-08

One very striking way in which the
late change in the politics of the ma
tional administration helped instead
Of hindering the business prosperity of
the country, is illustrated by some
facts and figures recently furnished by
Comptroller of the Currency Tren-
holm. 1t appears from the Comptrol-
ler's statements that from the 4th day
OF March, 1885, to the 1st of August
1887, there have been organized four
hundred and fifty new national banks
of which the great majority have been
established in those parts of the coun-
try in which the national bank system
had not been popular under earlier ad-
ministrations, such as the South and
Southwest.
1t is a well-known fact to all conver.
SAINT with the South that, partly in
consequence of old constitutional State
sovereignty ideas and partly as re-
suit of the habit Of regarding the Fed
eral or national authority as hostile
power during the war and the recon
struction. period, the national bank
ing system has never flourished in the
SoutheSn States to the extent suggest
ed by like distributions of capital and
population elsewhere. A town of 81
600 inhabitants, which in Pennsylvan-
ia would in Virginia, for instance,
have two State banks and no national
bank. The State banks seemed to an
swer all the requirements as places OF
deposit and discount.
The shrewd and wide-awake busi-
ness men OF the South, however, have
traced no inconsiderable part of the
business depression from which they
have suffered to the lack of an ample
supply OF currency, and ever since sill
yer certificates were first issued the
South has annually drawn on the
Treasury for large volume thereof to
move the cotton crop. The advent
ofa Democratic administration re-
moved this distrust of the national
banking system, and President Cleve
lands aggressive position against the
unnecessary expansion Of a partly flat
silver currency has combined with &
more intelligent study Of the prinCi
Piles and rules of the national banking
system to cause q reaction in favor o
the latter. The result is handsome
} increase in the total volume of curren
cy available for Southern needs
E which is in itself stimulus Of pros
} perity, since facilities create demand
( philadelphia Times.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1887-09-08
Again he says:


"Ii all temptations are to be remoed
from before the people what, we ask,
becomes of virtue? Is 1t not also sup
pressed? For where the right to
choose between good and evil does not
exist virtue perishes.'
This is a bold apology for vice.
Paul says, "shall we continue in sin
that grace may abound. God forbid" J"
but this man proclaims that vice is a
necessity to virtue. Then we need
more card tables, more gambling
houses, more brothels and of a neces-
sity more saloons. Does any man,
of the liquor traffic. 1t is fVlse upon
its face and if believed it, l would
never preach another sermon.
much less any christian, believe this,
yet this man is the head and front
representative of anti-prohibition,
Report adopted, by rising vote,
ReSolued, That this Association here
by requests the churches comprising
it to set apart the 28th day of Septem-
ber, 1887, as day OF fasting and pray
er for the success of prohibition in the
State of Tennessee, on the Goth day of
September.
Carried.
Resolved, That the Clerk of this AS
sociation furnish the daily papers of
Knoxville, Tenn, with a copy Of the
report Of this body on Temperance,
and that all papers in Tennessee be
requested to copy the same
Carried.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1887-09-08
Am Old.Time Southern Orator

Ben: Perley Poore in the Boston Budget
William @. Preston, of South Caro-
lima, was the most finished orator that
/ have ever heard. Feeble in frame,
and suffering under an affection of his
lungs, his voice, weak at first, would
gradually become. stronger as he pro-
ceeded, and rising with his subject
from one burst of eloquence to anoth-
er, still higher and higher, he en-
hanced and fascinated his vast au-
diences by his glowing and fervid elo-
quence. / remember on one occasion
when he was called on to speak at a
Whig convention, he was at first al
most inaudible, except to those inme-
diately around him. Some one, ea-
ger to catch his glowing words, than
inconsideretely asked him to raise his
voice little then the mighty spirit
of the orator burst the shackles which
restrainedit as he exclaimed. "Would
to God my voice could be heard to the
uttermost confines of the Republic T; it
is my voice, my friend, not my heart,
I that fails me-" Torrents OF noblest
eloquence flows from his inspired
tongue. Watched with the most anx.
ious solicitude by his attentive audi
tory, they several times begged him
to forbear. "One word more" and the
lightning flashes of his genius but
preceded the laundering of his
eloquence; would space permit, ]
would despair of conveying an idea o.
this soul-stirring triumph ofmind ovel
matter. He concluded by an earnest
appeal to heaven for the preservation
Of the American Union.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1887-09-08
Washington Letter.
From our regular correspondent.


WASHINGTON. D. c., 1887.
The Interstate Commerce Law
seems to be steadily growing in popu-
lar favor. Senator Butler of South
Caralina who opposed the measure,
has been won over by his recent expe-
rienee in a railroad collision, and in
consequence, he proposes to introduce
amendments to the law, regulating the
speed Of trains and limiting the time
of railroad employs to twelve hours
consecutive service in day.
National Bank depsitories now
hold a larger sum of Government
funds than ever before-the amount
being $2O,257, ,204.
Over seven million and a half trade
dollars have been redeemed to date,
more than half of which have been re-
coined into dimes.
AT the last Cabinet meeting, for the
first time during the Administration
all the members were absent, except
Secretary Bayard-the other portfcli
Gus being represented by Assistant
Secretaries.
As it is regarded as practically set
tied that President Cleveland will be
renominated, some interest is being
manifested in the nomination fol
Vice. President, and both Postmaster
General Villas and Commissions
Black have been often mentioned
Many long-headed Democratic states
men and politicians are understood Il
favor a soldier for second place, and i
| is probable the President is of tn
same opinion.
A pair Of good Republicans, one
claim Attorney, and the other Gov
ernment clerk--were arrested a fey
days since for stealing pubic record
from the Pension Office. For such
crime the punishment is five years il
the penitentiary.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1887-09-08
How Senator Cameron Writes
His Name,

Senator Don Cameron, son of his
father and chieftain of the Penn
sylvania Clan Jameson has been TAX
ing in the Alaska wonderland, fishing
for seals and hobnobbing with the Es-
kimo statesmen. Don isn't much of
an crater, but he can stay behind the
scenes and pull strings that make va
rious great orators dance with far bett-
er deftness than many Senator who
juggles with no end of sesquipedalain
English. A Characteristic thing about
Don is the way my spreads his auto
graph on hotel register. The West
people were so delighted with it that
they will frame it for a conspicuous
place amidst the hotels collection of
curious. The Senator commences
pretty well down at the right hand
corner with good large j. and then
lays out Virginia rail fence toward
the northeast corner, contracting his
letters the farther he gets from the
starting point. Each letter costs la
Dor and is written as ii he helped out
his pen with the oscillation of his
tongue between his teeth.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1887-09-08
The Preachers and Prohibition.


The late pronunciamento of Mr.
John ]. Vertrees, whatever its object
may have been, does not seem to have
had the effect of silencing the Metho.
dist preachers on the subject of prohi-
bition.
There is no reason why ministers
who take part in this prohibition cam
paign in Tennessee should be classed
as political preachers. 1t is clearly a
moral question, upon which they have
right to be head, but upon which it
is theie duty to speak. No one will
claim that intemperance is not great
evil. Ithas been productive Of untold
misery to the human race. Being a
recognized evil, and it being the busi-
ness of the ministers to make war upon
everything Of an evil nature, ne fault
can be found with them, if they be-
lieve the use OF intoxicating liquors as
beverage to be an evil, for saying SO.
We have heard of some ministers
making prohibition speeches, and say
ing things that were very foolish, and
which did themselves no good and
gave their cause no strength. But
large majority of them have been do
ing and saying only what they had
right to do, and was strictly in the
line of their duties. The legislature
has provided for the submission OF
this question to the people for rat
ifcation. 1t is question upon
which the people have right to be
heard. There is no occasion for
any bitterness of feeling whatever.
Every man has right to vote as he
pleases, and is responsible alone to
himself, his God and his country.
II he satisfies his own conscience, no
one can complain at his vote, what
ever it may be. Speaking OF the
moderation of ministers and 9TH
ers who may speak on the subject,
the Holeston Methodist has an edito-
rial which expresses the truth. 1t
says:
"It not unfrequently happens that
an immoderate zeal defeats the object
for which it labors. The debater, who
can provoke his adversary into hasty
and harsh speech, always has an
easy victory. In the advocacy Of
moral and religious principles and
projects inconsiderate and uncharita.
BILE speech is especially inappropriate
and uncomely, and therefore, especial
| ly damaging to the cause in which il
is used. The uncharitable judgment
and the harsh tongue in the pulpit are
SO incongruous as to arrest the atten
tion of the ordinary hearer and make
profound and unfavorable impress
sion on ALL"
This is true, and SO long as the min
lister OF the Gospel is governed by such
spirit he can bid defiance to his crit
les. The shafts of ridicule will fall
harmless at his feet, and he can afford
to look with contempt upon the scotf'
and sneers of the blind fault-fnder.-
Knoxville Journal
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1887-09-08
Expected Enterprise, but SCOT
LefI,'

Bristol Courier.
Mr.. George Guild, the Master Me-
chanic for the Knoxville Car Wheel
Company, was in town last week on
business. He had an idea that Bristol
was sorter Johnson City Of a place,
and was surprised to find a flourish
ing town of 1000 population, filled
with strangers, building factories and
colleges, and fine residences, and
storehouses, and plenty of them, too.
He thought that Bristol needed first
class machine shop, and would make
it paying investment. We hope he
will take advantage Of this fine oppor-
tunity. Until somebody does, we will
continue to patronize John son City
Knoxville and Roanoke, no wonder he
was surprised, After passing through
Johnson City and seeing what a town
of $500 people was doing he was of,
course surprised to see town of 1000
so far behind. Johnson City leads
trumps Bristol can only "follow suit. "
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1887-09-08
The Great Texas floods.

CHICAGO, September "A Times
special from Waco, says that every
bridge in Hill county was washed
away by the rains, and the damage to
crops and farmers will not fall short
Of 100000.
In Bosque county, and along the
line Of the Santa Fe railway the dam
age is also very heavy. OF the little
towns here Iredell, Weitney Hill and
Acquilla have suffered most. Railroad
companies haye suffered terribly. 1t
is believed the Central and Missouri
Pacific has force Of nearly 900 men
at work on the line near Grand View.
A train on the road was determined
between Itaser and Grand View from
Monday night till yesterday evening.
1t was out on the prairie nine miles
from any house, and many of the pas
sengers suffered fer the lack of food.
None Of the roads are running their
full schedule yet.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1887-09-08
AWASHOUT.
Train Delayed Three Days and
Passengers Suffer for Food.

CHICAGO, Sept. 2. "A special from
Waco, Texas, says that every bridge in
Hill county was washed away by tho
rains and the damage to crops and
farms will not fall short OF 100000.
In Basque county, and along the line
of the Santa Fe railway the damage is
also very heavy. OF the little towns
here Iredell, Whitney, Hill and Aquil-
la have suffered the most, The raj .
road companies have suffered severely.
1t is believed the Central and Missou-
ri Pacific roads are the heaviest losers.
The Missouri Pacific has q force of
nearly 1000 men at work on the line
near Grand View. The train on the
road was detained between Alasca and
Grand View from Monday night till
yesterday evening. 1t was out prai-
rie, nine miles from any house and
many of the passengers suffered for
lack of food. None of the road are
running their full schedule yet.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1887-09-08
An Office Boys Lucky Mistake

From the st. Paul Pioneer-Press.
In real estate Office the other day
| heard gentleman relating the ex-
perience OF an Eastern friend of his
who, many years ago, for bad debt
(O of $4,000 was compelled to ac-
cept Western land of the estimated
value of $4,000. He paid constantly
increasing taxes upon the land for q
number of years without going to see
it. One day his agent telegraphed
him, asking him what he would take
for the land, which had finally come to
be far within the corporate limits of
Chicago. The owner figured that,
taxes and interests, the land had cost
him $4,000, and more in a joke than
anything else--not dreaming that the
offer would be accepted-wrote a tel.
gram saying he would take $4,000
cash for the property. He sent the
message by his Office boy, when the
clerk insisted that the sum be spelled
out in the message. The Office boy
rewrote it, and by mistake wrote
$5OO,OOO instead of $4,000, In al
hour back came the the reply "Offel
of half q million dollars accepted
Make deed and come on and get Ger
titled check" The man made his of
flee boy a handsome present for hi
old-time debtor $4,000 with which
to re-establish himself in business.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1887-09-08
WHOLE NO. 178
Millions of Acres for settlement

WASHINGTON, August 29.-Acting
Land Commissioner Stockslager has
issued the necessary instructions to
carry into effect. Secretary Lamar's
recent order restoring to settlement
and entertain railroad indemnity
lands, as follows Southern Pacific
Railroad of California, about 100000
acres the Dalles Military Road Com.
pany, of Oregon, about l 100000 acres
the Alabama and Chattanooga Rail
road, of Alabama, about $500 acres,
covered by unapproved selections;
the Vicksburg and Meridian Railroad,
of Mississippi, about 1900 acres, also
covered by unapproved selections.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1887-09-08

Senator-elect Daniel, of Virginia,
has gone to New York to order a new
suit for his Senatorial debut.
Editor Medill, of Chicago Tribune,
who takes no exercise of any kind,
still manages to appear at the office
seven days each week.
An oculist says that only one man
in six hundred knows how to take
care Of his eyes. That's so, especially
when there is pretty girl some
where about.
Major A. D. Reynolds finished
threshing Tuesday. He made 6221a
bushels of oats on thirteen acres and
in the neighborhood Of 5000 bushels of
wheat on forty acres.-Courier.
1t is curious fact that rats select
ivory for the best billiard balls. The
Fats gnaw elephants tusk which have
the most gelatine, and as such ivory is
the most elastic, the rat-gnawed speci
mems are especially chosen by the
makers Of fine balls.
81 want to thank you," writes a
young man to B. F. johnson & Co.,
Richmond, Va, "for placing me in q
position by which am enable to make
money faster than l ever did before"
This is but sample extract OF the
many hundred OF similar letters re-
ceived by the above firm. See their
advertisement in another column.
Mrs. Langtry's leading man, Charles
Coghaln, was writing a play for the
Lilly in which she was to appear i'll
boys clothes. Mrs. Langtry and her
leading man have had falling out
and the play will not be produced.
There is sorrow among the baldheads
in consequence. and they refuse to be
comforted. Three dollars ticket
would have been given up cheeriully
by the antiquated dudes to see the
charming actress il the tight neither
garments OF young masculine.
President and Mrs. Cleveland, on
their arrival at St. Louis, Saturday
evening, October l, will go to the resi-
dence of Mayor D. R. Francis, whose
/. guests they will be until Monday
morning, when they win take quartes
in one Of the hotels. The President
and wife will spend Sunday, October
9, in Madison, Wis, the guests Of Sec
retary Villas, and will be the guests OF
} ex-senator Howell E. Jackson, at
t Nashville, Tenn, on Sunday, October
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1887-09-08

Dies MONIES, Ia, September 1.-The
state democratic convention met here
to-day at II o'clock. District caucus.
es had previously designated commit
tee memberships, so that preliminary
organization was soon affected and re-
cess taken. On reassembling in the
afternoon Cato Sells was made permi-
nent chairman. Every county was
represented, and in nearly every case
by full delegation, 619 delegates be-
ing present. Nominations were ;
Governor, Mayor T. J. Anderson lieu
tenant.governor, ]. M. Elder supreme
court Judge, Charles S. Fogg; super
intendant of public instruction, Fl.
W. Daryer. In each case they we're
all nominated on the first ballot.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1887-09-08
A Democratic Record.

Somebody asked the Little Rock
Democrat to point out what the DEM
Gratis have accomplished in the three
years which they have had charge of
the government, and that paper re-
plies as follows,
l. 1t has restored more than 40O,-
100000 OF unearned land grants to the
public domain-for the benefit of poor
settlers.
2. 1t has paid nearly $20O,0O0,OO0
of the public debt, and at the same
time paid more money for the pen
sion than ever paid before in the same
time.
The expenses of the government
have been reduced about $15,OOO,-
900.
4. Hordes of lazy, incompetent
and useless officials have been dispens-
ed with.
8. 1t has broken up Indian rings,
lane rings and leadership that -four
ished till the Democratic party came
into power.
6. 1t has established business
methods and strict economy for job.
berry and wasteful extravaganza.
T. 1t has given the lie to the charge
that the Democracy if entrusted with
power would "put the negroes back in
slavery and pension the Confederate
soldiers
s. 1t has done more in three years
to curb the rapacity of corporations
than the Republican party did in q
quarter OF a century,
9. The Democratic party repealed
the odious and unjust tenure OF office
act.
TO- A Democratic Congress passed
an act forbidding the ownership OF
land by aliens.
II. A Democratic Congress Institu.
ted a searching inquiry into the af.
iairs and management Of the Pacific
raiiroads-an investigation which has
already accomplished much good.
II. The Democrats reduced the
fees on postal money orders and ex
, tended the benefits of the free delivery
system.
e 13. A Democratic Congress order
|, ed the adjustment OF railroad lane
: grants.
IA. A Democratic Congress passed
u an act authorizing the issue of small
silver certifcates-a matter Of grea
y advantage to the people.
Is. A Democratic Congress passe,
- the act settling the succession to tn
:, Presidency, and also the act regula
- ting the counting of the electoral
- vote. There could be no more i'm
portant acts.
If 16., A Democratic Congress passe
n an act forbidding the use of conviC
be labor upon all government work, J
a just and wise act.
ID All this has been done by Democrat
lg inside of three years. And we assuI
We our correspondent that this is only
N part Of the splendid record" made b
Ii the Democratic party within thu
time.
1t is not safe to fool around Den
IL ocratic newspaper, They are all loa'
ed.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1887-09-08

The East Tennessee, Virginia and
Georgia Railroad Company has order
ed twenty four new engiees, and here
after there will be no trouble in hand
ling freight. The engines will begin
to arrive about October 1st, and all
must be here by January 1st. Twen4
ty Of the engines will be what is
known as the "ten-wheel consolidated" /"
and the remainder will be passenger
engines,
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1887-09-08

Variations in the diameter of the
sun have been pointed out by quite a
number OF astronomers. The data or
which such a conclusion is based have
been thoroughly investigated by Prof.
Auwers, who finds the supposed
changes to have been only apparent,
and result OF temperature effect on
the instrument or difference in the
suns telescope apparence at different
seasons.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1887-09-08

Mrs. Cleveland, to paraphrase po-
litical saying, is now in the hands of
her dressmaking friends prior to start
ing for this city and the West
Congressman Collins, of Boston, can
have the next Democratic nomination
for Governor of the Bay State if he
wants it, and friends of Ben Butler
say that the hero of New Orleans
wonld support him at the polls.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1887-09-08
Stamps to Change Color.

WASHINGTON, August 12.-The Post
Office Department has arranged to is.
sue about September Is the adhesive
stamps and the stamps on the stamped
envelops with change in the colors.
The main object is to make the col
ors of these two classes of stamps cor
respond. The two-cent adhesive
stamp will be changed in color from
red to green and the three-cent stamp
from green to vermilion. The designs
will remain the same.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1887-09-08
VOL. Nv.
Holston Baptist Association in Ses,
sion at Fall Branch, Tenn.

On motion Of ]. X. P. Hall, the
clerk is directed to have published in
the daily and weekly papers of this
part OF the state, the proceedings Of
this body on